Bashkir edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Turkic *kök(i)rek (chest, breast).

Note that the pleophonic form күкерәк (kükeräk) is also attested in Bashkir dialects.

Cognate with Tatar күкрәк (kükräk), Kazakh көкірек (kökırek), Kyrgyz көкүрөк (kökürök), Karachay-Balkar кёкюрек (kökürek), Uzbek koʻkrak, Uyghur كۈكرەك (kükrek), Turkmen kükrek (chest, breast), etc.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kʏkˈræk/
  • Hyphenation: күк‧рәк

Noun edit

күкрәк (kükrək)

  1. (anatomy) chest, breast
  2. female breast

Declension edit

Synonyms edit

  • түш (tüş, chest, breast)